Dynamic autofocus for continuous-scanning time-delay-and-integration image acquisition in automated microscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Bravo Zanoguera, Miguel E ^a,b   Laris, Casey A ^a,c   Nguyen, Lam K ^a,d   Oliva, Mike ^a,e   Price, Jeffrey H ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c Dipath Inc   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Jtec Surgical Inc   (United States)

^f VALA SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback control; High throughput microscopy; Image content autofocus; Parallel imaging; Volume optics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IMAGE ACQUISITION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SENSORS;

DYNAMIC AUTOFOCUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT MICROSCOPY; IMAGE CONTENT AUTOFOCUS; PARALLEL IMAGING; VOLUME OPTICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 34547920304     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2743078     Document Type: Article

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